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Desegregation in Brazos County, Texas, 1946-1971
| dc.creator | Hill, Scott Ogden | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:52:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:52:37Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1998 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1998-THESIS-H55 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-143). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the process of desegregation in Brazos County, Texas. The landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and therefore, unconstitutional. Brazos County schools were reactionary in their approach to desegregation. School boards chose this approach over taking the potentially unpopular action of advocating integration before being ordered to do so by the courts. Although some groups emerged that favored integrations their influence did not speed the process. Integration in the county was effected by the burning of several schools. Ultimately, the last district in the county fully integrated in 1971, seventeen years after the Brown decision. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | history. | en |
| dc.subject | Major history. | en |
| dc.title | Desegregation in Brazos County, Texas, 1946-1971 | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | history | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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